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Post by countjohn on Jan 5, 2024 4:13:56 GMT
Saw Germany's entry for best foreign language film tonight. Leonie Benesch is clearly a terrific actress, in total command of how she uses her eyes and body language here. A movie about petty theft at a middle school has no business being so tense. Gets better and better as it goes along and very subtly funny. A semi documentary visual style without going full Paul Greengrass. Very good score and sound design which adds to the tension. Just about everything about it works.
It's a bit of a jumble thematically, though. I kept expecting it to reach some kind of thematic conclusion or thesis and it doesn't. It's one of those movies that "stops" instead of having a real ending. Someone online suggested it was using the teacher's as a metaphor for how institutions try to control society and end up creating more chaos which would be an interesting way to read the movie. Might be worth a second watch just to see that.
In my top ten for the year and the best foreign language film I've seen. Benesch 100% deserves a nod and is a close second to Portman in my actress lineup this year. Wouldn't hold my breath on her getting one though, if I was a Hollywood big shot I'd write one of those open letters for her.
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Post by Drish on Jan 5, 2024 4:21:55 GMT
Saw Germany's entry for best foreign language film tonight. Leonie Benesch is clearly a terrific actress, in total command of how she uses her eyes and body language here. A movie about petty theft at a middle school has no business being so tense. Gets better and better as it goes along and very subtly funny. A semi documentary visual style without going full Paul Greengrass. Very good score and sound design which adds to the tension. Just about everything about it works. It's a bit of a jumble thematically, though. I kept expecting it to reach some kind of thematic conclusion or thesis and it doesn't. It's one of those movies that "stops" instead of having a real ending. Someone online suggested it was using the teacher's as a metaphor for how institutions try to control society and end up creating more chaos which would be an interesting way to read the movie. Might be worth a second watch just to see that. In my top ten for the year and the best foreign language film I've seen. Benesch 100% deserves a nod and is a close second to Portman in my actress lineup this year. Wouldn't hold my breath on her getting one though, if I was a Hollywood big shot I'd write one of those open letters for her. Yesss! She's my actress win so far. So good. |
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Post by countjohn on Jan 5, 2024 4:34:53 GMT
Saw Germany's entry for best foreign language film tonight. Leonie Benesch is clearly a terrific actress, in total command of how she uses her eyes and body language here. A movie about petty theft at a middle school has no business being so tense. Gets better and better as it goes along and very subtly funny. A semi documentary visual style without going full Paul Greengrass. Very good score and sound design which adds to the tension. Just about everything about it works. It's a bit of a jumble thematically, though. I kept expecting it to reach some kind of thematic conclusion or thesis and it doesn't. It's one of those movies that "stops" instead of having a real ending. Someone online suggested it was using the teacher's as a metaphor for how institutions try to control society and end up creating more chaos which would be an interesting way to read the movie. Might be worth a second watch just to see that. In my top ten for the year and the best foreign language film I've seen. Benesch 100% deserves a nod and is a close second to Portman in my actress lineup this year. Wouldn't hold my breath on her getting one though, if I was a Hollywood big shot I'd write one of those open letters for her. Yesss! She's my actress win so far. So good. Would love to see her get a break in Hollywood like Vicky Krieps |
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Post by stabcaesar on Jan 5, 2024 4:35:52 GMT
Benesch is terrific. The film is gripping and intense in the first hour or so, but it falls flat as it goes on imo.
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Post by JangoB on Jan 5, 2024 12:28:01 GMT
Benesch is excellent, the film is mostly fairly gripping but yeah, it's too open-ended for its own good.
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